Hat-ventilator.



Patented Sept 22, 1914.

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1 L YbIA A. rYLnR; or sroxiiivn; WASHINGTON, AssIGNoR r0 3. J. scnMIn, or SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 1 v

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Be .it known tha I, LYDI A. TYLE 'a citizen. of the llnited Statesfr'esiding at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and useful'zlmprovements inH'at-Vencation, refereiicebeing fhad to] the accom- 'panying drawings.

This invention 1 cool, the object of ;fthe invention", being to provide 'an'improvedfdevice of this character i :1 lngS.

which may be readily attached to andfused which are provided," with ventilating open- In theaccompanyingdrawings Figure 1 U i 1 is alperspective view, of a hat provided with; a ventilating device constructed in accord ance with my invention, all portion of the crown of the hat bein removed so as to dis close the ventilating i evlce. Fig. *2 isa detail perspective view of the Ventilating desame. V,

tween the hat and the sweat band. The bar,

vice showing I the; same detached, 1 from; the

In accordance with. my invention, I prO- vide a flexible bar 1, which maybe made of, spring metal or any other suitable material,

and is capable'of being bowed and placed in r 1 the crown of a hat-solasto extendacross the The ends o fthezbarlare inserted be- I 1 Specificaticn of Letters Patent.

$51 an mp 1 hat venti 1 lator for keeping "the head of th wearer;

inany ordinary hat; and especially in ilhats HAr-vnirrILAroR.

Patented Sept;22, 1914.

' I 1 Application file February 14, 1914. Serial No. 818,749.

owing to itsbeing made of spring material, by its own elasticity, maintains itself in place in the crownoflthe hat. From the center of the bar is suspended a fan 2, by

.in'eans of links 3,the saijd'links being here shown as provided with eyes at their ends engaged with openingsnear the upper edge of the fan, and alsonengaged with eyes 4, with which the bar is provided. The hat A is" preferably provided with ventilating openings 5 The motion of the wearer of the hat causes thefan to swing so as to maintain a circulationof air in the crown of 1 j the'hat, and hence greatly promote the com fortvof the wearer, and also greatly lessen liability of sunstroke.

'Iclaim: p H

1. A hat ventilating device comprising a baradaptedto be placedin the. crown of a hat, a fan, and links suspending the fan from the center of the ban'for swinging movement of'the fan.

2. A hat ventilating device/comprising a springbar adaptedto be arched and placed in the crown of a hat, a fan, and links susthe Commissioner of Patents, 1

pending the fan from the center of the bar I 

